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Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by RandallBrown on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:47PM (#19801492)
A book I read as a kid was set in a future where they were out of oil and couldn't make new plastic. Plastic became very expensive and things like plastic bowls were used as signs of wealth. The plot involved kids who were taken and forced to mine plastic from old landfills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ear,_the_Eye_and_the_Arm

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Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by smileysteve on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:57PM (#19801565)
> The plot involved kids who were taken and forced to mine plastic from old landfills.

So basically what 3rd World countries do with the U.S. electronics.

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